Package-tie and advertising device combined.



A. F. KAUFMAN. PACKAGE TIE AND ADVERTISING DEVICE COMBINED.

APPLICATION HLED MAR. 71 1917.

1,283,865., A Patented July 17, 1917.

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AUGUST r. KAUFMAN,

or WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

ILACKAGIEI IIIE AND ADVERTISING DEVICE COMBINED.

Application filed March 7, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST F. KAUFMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of lVheeling, county of Ohio, and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Ties and Advertising Devices Combined, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates broadly to fastening members, and more particularly to a cord-gripping package-tie; and it has for its primary object to provide an extremely simple, inexpensive, eflicient and. conveniently handled form of fastener whereby the opposite ends of a cord used in wrapping packages may be securely held.

A further object is to provide a device of the character mentioned which embodies, in association with a cord fastening member, means whereby said member is supported in a position wherein its ends are disposed in convenient cord-receiving position.

Another object within the contemplation of the invention is to provide a device of the character mentioned adapted for carrying advertising matter or the like.

In describing the invention in detail, ref erence is herein had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package, illustrating the application of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the invention;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modified form designed as a bag fastener; and- Fig. 4 is a modification designed as a package tie and carrying handle.

Referring to said drawings, 1 indicates a body member composed of metal, preferably wire, the same having its opposite ends turned back to occupy positions in overlying relation thereto, forming terminal hooks 2. Disposed between said hooks 2 and resting upon said body member 1 is a flat plate 3 which may be composed of cardboard or of any other suitable material and which may have a circular, rectangular, or any other preferred form. Saidplate is preferably provided with notches or recesses 4 in opposite edges thereof for the reception of the plate-engaging portions of said hooks, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2, said plate being sprung into position so that said portions Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July17, 1917.

Serial No. 153,153.

will seat in said recesses for preventing chance separation of the parts.

The hook terminals are spaced from the straight body member 1 a distance slightly in excess of the thickness of the plate 3, so that slit-like cord-receiving spaces 5 of suitable width are afforded between the seated plate and said terminals, as shown in Fig. 2.

As is obvious, the device is adapted for securing the opposite ends of a cord 6 which is passed about the package in one direction, but it is preferably used as shown in Fig. 1 wherein the cord is shown passed once around the package in one direction and then passed around the package in a direction at right angles to the first pass. In practice, the device is laid flat upon a face of the package with its hook terminals disposed in overlying relation to the plate 3. Then, holding the plate by firmly pressing thereon with the thumb of one hand, one end of the cord is drawn into closely gripped position between the face of said plate and one of said hook terminals, after which said cord is passed around the package and is again drawn into engagement with said terminal, whence the cord is passed around the package in a direction at right angles to the first pass; and, finally, the free end of the cord is drawn into closely gripped relation to the other of said hook terminals.

The plate 8 not only serves to maintain the wire in a position wherein its hook terminals are disposed uppermost and are, therefore, readily engageable, but it serves as a means whereby the device may be readily held by hand in a stationary position during the cord-applying operation. Furthermore, said plate is admirably suited for carrying a dealers name and address or other advertising matter.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 a wire is shaped to form a body member 1 of arcuate, or substantially semi-circular, form and terminal hooks 2 the latter being turned outwardly and back into closely approaching relation to the body 1* to form slits 5 for receiving the ends of a cord 6 said device being designed as a tie for bags, as grain or cement bags.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 4 a portion of the body of the wire located intermediate thehooks 2 is bent to form an upstanding bail 1 which is elevated above the plane of the lower packageengaging portions of said hooks to provide a handle whereby the package may be carried. The plate 3*" received between the hooks 9 is provided with a longitudinal slot 7 through which the bail is projected, as shown.

What is claimed is- I v 1 .1 A package-tie comprising a body portion having integral'hooks formed at 0pposite ends thereof, and a plate seated upon said body portion between said hooks, the terminals of said hooks being'disposed in overlying relation to the ends of said body portionand being spaced away from the latter'a distance greater'than the thickness of said plate.

2. A package-tie comprising a wire shaped to-form a body portion and hook terminals at the opposite ends of said body portion,

saidhook terminals being disposed in overlying relation to said body; portion, and a plate having notches in opposite edges therer of mounted upon saidbody portion between said hooks and having the latter received in 1 said notches, said terminals belng spaced Copies of this patent may be obtained for from said body portion to form cord-receivof said hooks, and a plate seated upon said wire and having opposite edges thereof received between said hooks and in underlying relation to the terminals of the latter, said plate having a slot therein intermediate its said opposite edges through which said bail is projected.

"In testimony whereof, I aifix my signature in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

' AUGUST F. KAUFMAN.

Witnesses:

G. 0. SMITH, H. E. DUNLAP.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, .D. G. 

